'Sister Act' opens Friday at the Paramount

"Sister Act" hits the Paramount Theater stage for a two-week run starting Friday night, and it’s a show you must see.

If you need some good reasons to head out to the historic Paramount Theater of Burlington, The Gallery Players’ production of "Sister Act" has put together a list to help:

— You’ll see breakaway disco suits.

— You’ll see and hear middle-age nuns rapping.

— You’ll also see a chorus of nuns dancing and having a marvelous time.

— You’ll find yourself laughing all the way through and end up leaving the theater feeling great.

— You’ll be amazed at the set design and costumes.

— You’ll hear great songs that weren’t even in the treasured movie but are a part of the Broadway smash hit.

The Gallery Players’ production of "Sister Act" is a musical adaptation of the award-winning movie and is an award-winning production in and of itself.

Gallery has once again brought together a fantastically talented cast that should have you clapping in joy after every song and cheering at their hysterical antics on stage.

The musical features a whole set of different songs from the movie, composed by multiple Oscar winner Alan Menken, who has written music for classics like "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Little Mermaid."

The hidden nugget of this feel-good musical is the lesson taught of how perseverance and looking deep under the surface of people and situations will be what makes the difference in someone’s life.

If you think family and friendship are important things in life, then you will probably love "Sister Act." It is being performed two weekends only at The Paramount Theater of Burlington by The Gallery Players, Alamance County’s original all-volunteer community theater group.

Dee Brockwell is a board member of The Gallery Players Inc. of Burlington.